Sat.Jan 27, 2018 - Fri.Feb 02, 2018

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Tracking progress from afar

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Students studying online, as distance learners, face the challenge of gauging their progress in relation to that of their geographically disparate peers. Furthermore, distance learners are more likely to feel isolated and can become demotivated, which accounts for typically higher levels of withdrawal from online programmes versus those delivered on-campus.

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What makes your university or college unique? 50 reasons to love Rollins College

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In a competitive world it is a shining example of why it’s so important to shout about what makes your college unique.

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Integrating accredited online courses with MOOCs

Teaching Matters Online Learning

This week sees the launch of the second instance of the Introduction to Social Research Methods MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on the edX platform. Known as ‘ SOCRMx ’, this course is free and openly accessible to learners across the globe, and provides eight weeks of stimulating materials related to conducting social science research. The course has been designed and developed by the team at the Centre for Research in Digital Education , which also hosts the fully online MSc in Digital Educa

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How universities are using storytelling - Part 3

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We're going to take a look at stellar examples of storytelling in Higher Education land hope that they inspire you